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The Impact of Recovering Irrigation Water Losses on the Choice of Irrigation Technology with Heterogeneous Land Quality and Different Crops

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Hellegers, P.J.J. (2006). The Impact of Recovering Irrigation Water Losses on the Choice of Irrigation Technology with Heterogeneous Land Quality and Different Crops. In: Goetz, RU., Berga, D. (eds) Frontiers in Water Resource Economics. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 29. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30056-2_12

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